| fabric description | object data | archaeometry | petrography |
| fabric type | LIL-C-1 |
|---|---|
| ware |
Coarse Wares Plain Ware |
| supposed site of production | Lilibeo / Lilybaion |
| visual excamination of fresh break | colour red, core dark brown, texture middle fine and compact, numerous small to large inclusions: white, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | light red 10 R 6/8, core dark reddish grey 10 R 4/1 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | irregular |
| hardness | hard |
| porosity | 7.5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.04-0.8, 1x 3.8 |
| inclusions | 20%, length: <0.04-1.0 |
| sorting | bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
Inclusions |
|
| quartz | very frequent, well rounded - rounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, clear, grey, reddish brown, 0.04-0.24 |
| mica | infrequent, spherical, white, <0.04 |
| calciumcarbonate | very frequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate - subelongate, very elongate, white, yellowish white, <0.04-0.7 |
| carbonate pseudomorphoses | very frequent, rounded, very spherical - subspheical, subelongate, white, yellowish white, 0.04-1.0 |
| reddish inclusions | singular, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, red, reddish brown, 0.04-0.28 |
| black inclusions | singular, rounded, very spherical, black, 0.04-0.12 |
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